Chapter 168 Sino-German Cooperation (1)
Zheng Yu looked at Prince Heinrich with a serious expression! "China-Germany cooperation is the national policy that I have repeatedly discussed with me on the day of my life. Although the two countries are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, they are both determined to maintain world peace, justice and justice. Since His Majesty William and your government have officially proposed it, please tell us about the conditions of cooperation in detail. All information about the talks on Xiangying will be absolutely confidential."
Prince Heinrich nodded to the German colonel beside him. The colonel stood up and bowed to Zheng Yu, speaking in the stereotype of the officers of the German General Staff. Beside every senior official, the senior Fanze from the European Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs whispered. Zheng Yu was spared. He was not fluent in his words, and it was basically no problem. However, in order to avoid misunderstanding, a fan was arranged.
"The imperial government formally made the following suggestions to your country: "The Colonel said seriously." "First, the German Empire hopes to conclude a Sino-German business cooperation treaty with the Chinese Empire based on the principle of equality and mutual benefit, covering four aspects of trade, technical cooperation, investment, and mutual trust in finance, and urges the Chinese Empire government to give priority to German capital and mining. The list of materials purchased by the General Staff of our country will be submitted later, and the list of specific business cooperation projects will be submitted by representatives of our country's chamber of commerce."
"Secondly, the German Empire hopes to reach an agreement with the Chinese Empire on the principle of confidentiality on issues of the borders of Europe and Asia, and to jointly strive to maintain the peaceful development of all nations in the world:"
"Third, the German Empire hopes to carry out comprehensive cooperation with the Chinese Empire in the field of security based on the relationship between mutual assistance and cooperation, including military equipment procurement and licensing granting, military technology exchange, intelligence exchange, and mutual dispatch of military international student observers and intern officers."
"Fourth, the German Empire, hope" the colonel paused, his expression became more serious. "In the future, your country reached an understanding with you for the general purpose of military operations in Siberia and Central Asia, so that the German Empire would take corresponding actions with goodwill."
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Zheng Yu suppressed the joy in his heart, but still kept silent.
"Fifth, the German Empire asked the Chinese Empire to believe that with the long-term friendly cooperation between the empire and the Turkish Ottoman Empire, Baron Gores, the German Empire Army, has long served as the commander-in-chief of the Turkish Army and the marshal of the Turkish Army, and has had a great influence on the national affairs of the Turkish Ottoman Empire.
The commercial institutions of our empire are more in control of the lifeblood of Turkey's economy and the operation of Turkey's railway lines." The colonel continued, "If the Chinese Empire had the intention, the German Empire would provide corresponding support on the issue of the Ottoman Empire's war on Russia, so as to encourage the Turkish Empire to exercise its territorial requirements in the Southern Caucasus."
As if it was not enough, the colonel continued to use his usual stereotyped voice: "The King of Romania, former Prussian Army officer, descendant of the royal family of German Hohenzollen Siegmalingen, Kagaethel Friedrich, Zefilinuan, His Majesty von Hohenzollen Siegmalingen and his army, has a very close cooperative relationship with the empire. The Bisarabia region, which belongs to the former Principality of Moldavia in Romania, was ceded to the Russian Empire in the old PPS year, and the Romanian Kingdom intends to make territorial claims. If the Chinese Empire government can reach close cooperation with the German Empire government, the empire will be sure to prompt the above two countries to cooperate with your country."
At this time, Zheng Yu couldn't help but feel moved.
This William II is worthy of being called a "madman"! In another time and space, the German supreme used his intimate relationship with Tsar Nicholas II to urge the Tsar to expand eastward. After Russia was defeated, he asked Russia to sign a German-Russian military alliance. If it were not for the German Emperor Pyrov's opinion that the provisions modified by the German Emperor without authorization "causing Germany to be unable to use Russia to attack India" and persuaded the German Emperor to seal the treaty, Germany almost successfully avoided the two-line battles in World War I and rewrite the history of the 20th century.
In this time and space, seeing that Russia is not covered with mud, China's combat power is far beyond expectations, especially the maritime power has dominated the Western Pacific and has begun to directly threaten the British Empire's ruling order. William II finally decided to abandon Russia and make a desperate bet, and divide and weaken Russia with China!
In fact, Zheng Yu had already put effort into arranging intelligence and diplomatic departments on Türkiye, Romania, and even Iran and Afghanistan.
However, although most of these countries hate Russia to the core, even Romania is very dissatisfied with Russia's occupation of its inherent territory and often pointing fingers as its suzerain state, they still have many doubts about the war between Russia.
To put it bluntly, you can let go of China in the east. After all, the Russian headquarters is still far away from us, but we are just on the side of the bed. If you really fight, you may not stop at any time and finally let us small ones in front of the Russians. It will be too late to cry at that time.
Therefore, until China wiped out the Baikal front in the ancient Chinese side, although many countries were a little moved, they were always worried that China would destroy bridges across the river and did not let go, but just secretly began to step up military preparations.
But what if there is a German contact?
After all, Germany borders Russia in Europe. These countries may be undecided about the security commitment provided by China, but cannot question Germany's guarantee. Germany's attitude can be regarded as a factual alliance between China and Germany in the Russian issue king, and in this way, the situation becomes a fight against peace.
"In addition, my government believes that the independence requirements of the Grand Principal of Finland should be solemnly considered." The colonel continued, "If you have the understanding of your government, the German Empire is willing to work with your country to support the Grand Principal of Finland to restore its legal independence and provide diplomatic and military guarantees for its independence." This is what Chiluoluo bid.
Now, Zheng Yu also knows that the Germans know that China has made trouble in Finland and obviously want to "pick peaches" to take Finland over. But in Zheng Yu's view, Finland was originally a piece of pawn to restrain and weaken Russia, but it was just a piece to fight for the best interests in the Asian war.
Once China and Russia cease to fight, Russia will inevitably settle accounts with Finland after a breath. And China is out of reach and needs to rest and recuperate, and it is difficult to kill Finland and Russia just for thousands of miles away. The Germans are willing to take over Finland, a hot potato, and Zheng Yu is absolutely unwilling to ask for it.
Because although this is Germany's strong arm to restrain and control Russia, it also means that it will be difficult for Germany to reconcile with the Lou people!
With Germany's restraint on Russia, China's pressure in the north will be much smaller after the war, and in turn, the pressure on the Russians will be much greater. Even if Britain and France have to deal with China in the south and east, Russia will not be easy to respond to with the German-Russian conflict.
Moreover, once Germany successfully instigates countries like Turkey and Romania, controls Finland, and may even occupy the three countries of the Bo Luo Sea and the Bo Lan for reasons such as "rescuing the oppressed Germanic brothers", then Britain's vigilance against Germany will definitely reach an unprecedented level.
Only the British and Germans will continue to hate each other, and the variable "China" restrains Britain's power, greatly weakens Russia, reduces the danger of Germany's two-front battles, and also adds a potentially powerful ally to Germany. Then the probability of Germany launching a European war in the future is probably much greater than that in another time and space, and there is no need to rely on the hope of some special historical event in the Balkans, which will involve several major powers in the war in a certain "sudden" state.
In Zheng Yu's view, if the European war cannot be pushed step by step to inevitable and make all countries prepare before, the probability of unexpected results will be very high. After all, history has changed. Once a war becomes a ridiculous and quick decisive battle, such as the rapid collapse of French dramas, and the British are unwilling to fight with the Germans, the originally planned golden years will become a dream. Europe cannot be severely weakened, and Zheng Yu's plan of a series of arrangements will not be able to start.
Thinking of this, Zheng Yu missed the Germanic uncle who had a Prussian beard, with a reserved and arrogant expression.
William II is such a kind person.
Of course, Zheng Yu would not be so naive that he thought William II had shown all his trump cards to him.
In fact, the Yajia is the same in its bones: let the other party see what they want the other party to see.
"I admire His Majesty the great strategy of maintaining European national self-determination and peaceful coexistence. I sincerely hope that this discussion can be used to push the strategic cooperation between China and Germany into depth." Zheng Yu nodded and stared at the historical celebrity who had not seen for a year. "Thank you very much, Erich, Colonel Von Rudendolf."
After a whole day of preliminary negotiations, the Germans finally showed their huge appetite.
The important agricultural products include metals, oil, motor oil, China's latest warships, aircraft, tanks, and even military trucks and motorcycles. They need everything. For finished military products, they not only need products, but also drawings, production licenses, and preparing self-built production lines.
In the naval aspect, the German lion opened his mouth and immediately ordered six Baoding and six Guangzhou-class ships, two of which were built in China and four were authorized to be built in Germany.
In addition, they also requested the purchase and production of Battle Knife-class light cruisers and Chunyu-class large destroyers, and even asked to visit the latest submarines in China.
In terms of air military equipment, large hard airships, roadbed aircraft, seaplanes, and Germans all want. The various motorized equipment of the army are the most interesting to the Germans. In this regard, Colonel Rudendolf, the "German War God" in another time and space, talked very specifically. Zheng Yu even suspected that the director of the Second Department of the German General Staff, who was involved in the formulation of the "Sliffen Plan...", was inspired by China and prepared to use the motorized forces to launch unexpected attacks on France. If the "blitzkrieg" of airships and aircraft were added, would the "blitzkrieg" appear in advance?
In terms of industrial raw materials and agricultural and animal husbandry products, the Germans showed their strong concerns about possible blockades of Britain, France and other countries, at least because of trade control. Zheng Yu was also very clear about the other party's small abacus. Once a conflict between Britain and Germany occurred, Germany's maritime transportation would be cut off by Britain, and land transportation would have to pass through Russia's Siberian Railway, which would affect China's trade, thereby stimulating China's domestic war sentiment, and even pulling China into Germany's side.
In the German Emperor's letter to Zheng Yu, the German Emperor strongly praised the concept of "New East Asian Order" proposed by Zheng Ying and Zheng Yu, believing that this is very consistent with Germany's consistent principle of "dividing spheres of influence according to strength" and "several responsible major powers assume responsibility within their respective spheres of influence to maintain peace, promote the rational use of resources, and promote the development of human society............the principle of the national world... is very consistent.
Regarding the current issue, the German Emperor almost unconsciously raised the question, "German believes that the two major promoters of a series of problems in Europe and Asia, first of all, France, followed by Britain... On the issue of France, Germany believes that Germany and the Chinese Empire can discuss the construction of the construction" and directly proposed that "For Germany, the French-Russian alliance is a great regret and distrust, and the French-Russian alliance is really an important promoter of Russia's invasion of China." Germany will take "strong measures" to urge His Majesty the Tsar to correct this "mistake".
Regarding Britain, the German Emperor sang on the one hand that "Germany has no intention of having military conflicts with the British Empire and highly respect the sacred effect of the Sino-British alliance." But he also tentatively proposed that "the guarantee of world peace depends on reaching a broad alliance agreement between major powers and making understandings on the main issues. This alliance and understanding must be based on fairness and rationality." "The so-called fairness comes from the sphere of influence of various civilized powers that need to be commensurate with their national strength." Germany "has "a great regret for some countries occupying too much land and resources compared with their national strength, controlling too much population that is not the nation, and even unable to exercise effective development and management, resulting in huge waste of resources."
The German Emperor believed that "countries with a high degree of civilization, long history, and powerful power, such as the German Empire and the Chinese Empire, have some responsibility for their respective subject nations to obtain reasonable living space." For Germany, "it is unacceptable to sit idly by and watch the German ethnic group suffer suffering and humiliation as second-class citizens in some countries" and "it is irresponsible to hand over the economic resources that are crucial to the survival and development of the German nation to some countries that are hostile to Germany."
The German Emperor believed that the Chinese Empire was in the East and the German Empire was in the West, and had "common values, that is, an enlightened and unified central government, gathering the strength of the entire nation, committed to the strength and prosperity of its own nation, and shouldering the responsibility for peace and justice in their respective regions." The German Emperor further proposed that "Germany and the Chinese Empire reached an understanding on important principles, not only the gospel of the people of both countries, but also the gospel of the people of the world." It will "take a big step forward in promoting the just cause of mankind."
Prince Heinrich conveyed the latest congratulatory message from the German Emperor, expressing his "heartfelt admiration" for China's clean and neat rejection of the joint mediation between Britain, France and the United States and proposed that "if necessary, Germany and its allies will provide strong support to the Chinese Empire, including diplomatic and other means."
After the general intention of business and military cooperation between China and Germany was determined in principle, Prince Heinrich proposed the global policy of the German Emperor's government, trying to pull China into Germany's alliance system by incorporating China's interest demands into this framework of dividing the world.
In the division of world power territory proposed by the Germans, countries such as Britain and France became the biggest victims, while other small countries had to accept the fate of colonizing large countries or including their protectors.
In Europe, Germany proposed that "…the Ural Mountains and eastern Turkey are bounded as the boundary, and the western region belongs to Germany, Austro-Hungary and Italy in terms of broad and principled scope, but Germany adopts an equal and open attitude towards China's economic activities in this region and will give convenient conditions." At the same time, "Germany respects the legitimate rights and interests of the Chinese Empire east of this field, especially for the traditional sphere of influence in Northeast Asia, Germany recognizes it, and fully recognizes China's administrative, military and economic guidance in Japan, North Korea, and Ryukyu."
Germany also proposed with ulterior motives that it would "firmly support the Chinese Empire to have some special, natural and reasonable interest demands for the Central Pacific region, including but not limited to the Indochina Peninsula, Borneo, Java, Luzon, Papua New Guinea, and even Malaya and Siam, and will assume its own responsibilities and support for China in this region. In the future, Germany's Far East Fleet and garrison will actively play a role in matters of interest."
Furthermore, Germany also expressed the idea of pulling the United States into this system. "Germany recognized the United States of America's natural responsibility in the Americas, and expressed his sense of mission to the American nation. He bravely assumed the responsibility of guiding and supervising the nations in the Western Hemisphere and maintaining reasonable order. Germany expressed his admiration for the United States and hoped to remain consistent with the Chinese Empire on this issue."
Zheng Yu knew that all this was generally in line with Germany's world policy from World War I to World War II in another time and space. Before World War I in another time and space, in order to compete with the British-France and Russia Agreement, Germany tried to establish the "Germany, China, Japan, and the United States" alliance, but in the end it was unable to succeed due to the British-Japan alliance and the United States' isolationism.
When we arrived at this time and space, we saw that China showed strong strength and potential, and had extensive complementarity with Germany in the military, economic and other fields, especially the country has recently shown strong diplomatic independence and autonomy, semi-publicly proposed to establish a sphere of influence in East Asia, and even ignored the threat of interference from Britain, France and the United States, and the German Emperor, who has been surrounded by Britain, France and Russia, will be ecstatic.
At the root, it's still strength...
Chapter completed!